As humans, we typically live under two extremes in life, pain being the extreme we least desire, and pleasure being the extreme we most desire. Utilitarianism is considered to be a consequential and technological theory that holds the notion, that all actions should be judged in terms of his need in promoting the great is good for the greatest number of people. “Jeremy Bentham believe that you are Utilitarianism could be divided into three parts, he believe that humans was driven by the principles of unity, hedonic calculus, consist of how good or bad in action is in term of this consequences. For example, when we think about anything that we do in life we always consider the consequences of our actions whether the consequences bring happiness
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But I question, what is the difference between happiness and pleasure? To me if I thought pleasure that would make me happy, and vice versa if I found happiness that would also bring pleasure. Mills decided he would find lower and higher pleasures and considered intellectual pleasures to be of a higher good than sexual pleasures more of a physical nature. That would definitely depends on the person because most people would think the sexual pleasure would be of a higher good than the intellectual pressure. John Smith gave a comparison to animals saying that humans are intellectually more intelligent than pigs, but this comparison was very vague and he got off the subject of talking about humans and went to of the life forms. I believe that a tree lives and one would think when a tree is full of green leaves and bearing fruit the tree would be happy, but on the other hand, one might believe when the tree loses all of his lease and winter sets in that the tree could also be happiest. The point I’m trying to make is, humans and pigs from unintelligent standpoint is not a good comparison just as we don’t know when the tree is happiest bearing leaves of losing leaves. To sum things up as a whole, most of these things that they speak of his common sense, but in life your actions will determine the
But I question, what is the difference between happiness and pleasure? To me if I thought pleasure that would make me happy, and vice versa if I found happiness that would also bring pleasure. Mills decided he would find lower and higher pleasures and considered intellectual pleasures to be of a higher good than sexual pleasures more of a physical nature. That would definitely depends on the person because most people would think the sexual pleasure would be of a higher good than the intellectual pressure. John Smith gave a comparison to animals saying that humans are intellectually more intelligent than pigs, but this comparison was very vague and he got off the subject of talking about humans and went to of the life forms. I believe that a tree lives and one would think when a tree is full of green leaves and bearing fruit the tree would be happy, but on the other hand, one might believe when the tree loses all of his lease and winter sets in that the tree could also be happiest. The point I’m trying to make is, humans and pigs from unintelligent standpoint is not a good comparison just as we don’t know when the tree is happiest bearing leaves of losing leaves. To sum things up as a whole, most of these things that they speak of his common sense, but in life your actions will determine the